Card-game apparatus.



W. T. MADDOX.

CARD GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1913.

1,119,183, Patented De0.1,1914.

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W. T. MADDOX.

CARD GAME APPARATUS.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 17, 1913. 1,1 19,183, Patented Dec.1,1914.

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3o several suits, the said blank cards, when in play. being placed, face up, and to the left WILLIAM in, mesons: ALExA qnnIa, Louisiana.

cill whom it may concern: i a a Be it known that I, VILLIAM T. Mnonox,

I citizen of the :United States, residing at a specification.

Alexandria, in the parish of Rapides and State of Louisiana, have invented certainnew and. useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, ofzwhich the following is This invention :relates to cards to be used for playing an interesting, amusing and instructive gameand one which will tax the mental powers to geta solution of the same,

as the cards may be used, under certain conditions as a puzzle requiring study and care to enable solution. A further object of the invention is to provide a number of cardsadapted to be dimg subdivided into a M t cardsof each suit having pictures thereon vided into two separate packs,-one pack beplurality of suits, the

representing a sequence ,of events in a story, the said cards, duringCplay, adapted to be placed, face down, one suit directly beneath the other, the cards being mixed or arranged disorderly. Theother, card pack consists of as many cards as there are suits,-the said.

cards being hereinafter referred to as blanks, each blank card-containing descrlptlve matter, in writing, relating to the difi erent stories represented upon thecards of the of the several suits'so as to conveyto the playerof the game, the story to which the suit along side of which it is placed, appertains. i i

The invention still further resides in pro-1 viding each card with anumber, the numbers being arranged in arithmetical progression to indicate the order inwhich the cards should be placed in following the trend of the story.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates'one of the cards containing the descriptive matter and Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, and 8 represent a series of the cards arranged in arithmetical progression.

The cards illustrated in Figs. 2 to 8 inclu sive are adapted to contain'pictures representing a sequence of events in astory, there beingas many stories as there are suits, and the card illustrated in Fig. 1 is'adapted to describe, in writing, merely what the pictures represent. As a general illustration:

Onthe first card of the picture suit Fig. 2 is the representation or picture of a dog; on

[clas -GAME arrann'rns.

Specification of Lettersi atent. Pgfl nted 7 Application filed may 17,1913. Serial No. 768,329.

i the second card of the suit is the picture of the cat; on the thirdcard the picture of a rat; on the fourth-card the picture of a'cat infull chase after the rat; on thefifth card the picture of a dog determined to catch the cat; on the sixth cardthe picture of the rat which has just time enough to enter its hole under the root'of a tree to avoidbeing caughtby thecat; and on the seventh or last card is the picture of the cat closely pursued by the dog, the cat taking advantage of the tree to make its escape from the-dog who sits down lookingdismayed; ,Theuabove arrangement of the several picture cards and the descriptivecards relating thereto, is'provided for, according ,to the number ofscard suits used in the game, the

pictures or stories, however, )in each suit bGlIlgdllfeFQIltx v I 11 Numerals ranging in arithmetical progression are arranged one in the'lower left hand corner ofeach picture card of theseveral suits, the numbers on the picture cards corresponding to the numbers onthe de scriptive card, the said numbers on thelatter belng arranged'in proper rotation as is clearly illustrated in Fig. lof the drawings.

The arrangement of the cards, before play, is as above describedz namely, the blank cards, faces up, are arranged onedirectly beneath the other, while the picture cards, there being seven picture cards to each suit, at one side of the several descriptivecards, the said picture cards being arranged disorderly, faces down, so that the numbers thereupon will not follow in arithmetical progression.

To play the game, let a number of players get around a table,

tain'picture card. :One may accidentally guess the correct card and the others be ignorant of the fact.

He might make two or more correct guesses in succession and the balance of the players would think he had worked out the puzzle or game. After player number 1 has had his guess,'player number 2 should step into his. place (each one taking the place of his neighbor) and arrange the cards according to his notion or idea of the correct manner in which they should beplaced. Much merriment may be caused by different ones turning, the wrong I card. In this manner let each one take his place at the table and keep it up as long as desired. I a a e and-let each player in turn have an opportunity in locating a cer- This is a game which is not hamperedlfor Want of players or partners, each being adapted to one or more players. The serial cards are placed on the table by a flittle arithmetical calculation, and each one can also be discovered by :the same calculation.

' to a certainty, though confusion will cause errors and if one is not careful, he will make.

pay the penalty 1 the order of the picture cards being the same as that set forth on the descriptive card relating thereto. 1

When utilized as a puzzle ones ingenuity I is taxed in placing the cards correctly on the table, face downward, theplayer finding it interesting, amusing and instructive in that he Will be first to Work out-the problem, caused by the picture serials and the nuv merals arranged upon the card. The object of the game is to arrange the cards according to the description contained on the. descriptive card with the picture cards arranged in proper rotation, which serial containing the pictures being composed of seven picture cards.

It will be seen from the above, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings that an interesting instructive and amusing game is provided by the use of cards ar:

, '3 ranged as hereinbefore described; that to carry out the object of the game it is necessary to arrange the cards in arithmetical Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for progression, thecards of each picture series being separate; andthat a game of solitaire may be played from one and the same pack of cards used for playing the game.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

1. A. card game including aplurality of card suits, each card suit consisting of cards having pictures thereonrepresenting a sequence of events in-a story.

2. A card game including a plurality'of cardsuits, each card suit consisting of'cards having pictures thereon representing a sequence of events in a story and a-card adapted to contain descriptive matter for each suit, the descriptive matter upon-the said card relating to the representations upon the cards of the suit. I

3. A card game including a plurality of card suits, each suit consisting of cards having pictures thereonrepresenting a sequence of events in a story, each card being provided with a number, the numbers being .arranged in arithmetical progression to indicate' the order in which the cards should be placed in following the trendof the story.a

descriptive card for each suit, the said descriptive card containing descriptive vmatter relating to the story, the said descriptive card also containing'numerals arranged in arithmetical progression to indicate the order in which the picture cards of the suit should be arranged.

In testimony whereof aiiix my signature A in presence of two witnesses. 1 1

NVILLIAM T. MADDOX.

Witnesses: a:

J. T; ALEXANDER, A. D. LUoKETT.

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